Improvement in baskets



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IMPROVEMENT IN BASKETS.

Spccication forming part of Letters Patent No. 142,343, dated September 2, 1873; application iled May 20, 1872.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, HORACE C. JONES, of Dowagiac, in the county of Cass and State of Michigan, have invented certain Improvements in Baskets, oi' i which the following is a specification The nature of my invention consists in a stave 'basket which has a portion of its outer staves cut away or left off between the center of its bottom and the base hoop or turnedunder portion of the staves, such construction enabling me to make a lighter double-stave basket with less material than heretofore, while, at the same time, a greater concavity to the under side of the bottom of the basket may be produced, and as much strength as is requisite in such baskets secured.

The accompanying drawing forms a part of this specication, and shows, in Figure l, an `inverted plan of a basket, the hoops and handles being off,embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section through the diameter of the same, the. hoops and handles being on. 'y

The letters marked on the drawing denote the parts indicated by a similar letter in the written part of this specication.

This basket is formed of two thicknesses of staves, of which A represents a portion ofthe outer thickness.

long to extend across the bottom and up to the top of the basket on opposite sides, and are laid in aradial position to the circle of the These staves are sufciently E basket, crossing each other at midway of their length, and dividing the circle into equal parts, leaving equal spaces between. B represents staves of about one-half the length of A, but double the number. These staves are laid over the spaces between the staves A, and extend from the top of the basket sufficiently into the bottom to cover said spaces, but not so far as to overlap each other. (l represents the inner thickness or liningstaves. These staves are twice the number of B, pointed at their lower end and placed edge to edge, and break joints with the staves A and B, iilling the entire circle of the basket-bottom, and extending from near the center to the top of the basket. At this point b oth series. A, B,'and C, are confined by means of nails between the hoops D E, and at midway of their height between the hoops F G; also, at the base between the hoops H I, and at the center by means of the washer j and rivet k. Suitable handles are attached in the usual manner, and need no further description here.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is The combination of the short outer staves B with inside staves G and long outer staves A in the construction of a stave basket, substantially as herein set forth.

HORACE C. JONES. Witnesses: l

`HENRY MICHAEL, SHEPHERD H. WHEELER. 

